Truman backs unification of armed forces amid UNO push
President Truman drives for a single national defense department with civilian head and military chiefs while seeking rapid approval of UNO participation. He supports compulsory training for 18 to 20 year olds and outlines council advisory roles to coordinate services.
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Truman
U.S
UNO
Army
Navy
Department of National Defense
U. S
Edward Stittinius
Security Council
General Assembly
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Tom Connally
Dem
Texas
Arthur Vandenberg
Rep
Mich
Security Council of Uno
Fishermen Face Shortage as Bamboo Rods Stall
In a Gotham gear shop dialogue a clerk notes delays in rod production due to bamboo shortages and seasoning, as war surplus and auctions fade. The piece links broader postwar reassessment with cultural jabs and quick city vignettes.
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Supreme Court
Washington Digest on Truman’s Postwar Appointments
The piece surveys Truman’s early White House staffing and finds many Roosevelt era holdovers in high posts. It notes Byrnes Vinson and Clark as key continuities, with Snyder as the notable exception, while warning of reconversion pace and lingering WW II agencies undercutting price and material controls.
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WNU
Eye Street
N.W
Washington, D. C
Truman
White House
FDR
James F. Byrnes
Southland
Roosevelt
United States Supreme Court
Edward R. Stettinius Jr
Byrnes
Henry Morgenthau
Treasury
Fred Vinson
Vinson
Robert E. Hannegan
Robert Patterson
Henry L. Stimson
Department
Stimson
James V. Forrestal
Navy
Henry A. Wallace
Commerce
Harold L. Ickes
Interior
Clinton P. Anderson
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Tom C. Clark
Paul V. McNutt
Philippine Islands
William D. Hassett
Washington
J. A. Krug
War Production Board
WPB
Senate
Roosevelt Association
John W. Snyder
Snyder
OWMA
Congress
Office of War Information
Pearl Harbor
OWI
State Department
Bureau of the Budget
United States Government
Office
Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs
Rio Grande
Stresses Need for More Nutrition Knowledge
Dr. C. A. Elvehjem of the University of Wisconsin urges expanded nutrition research to better understand balanced diets. He notes experts see high protein as beneficial but warn that vitamin B6 deficiency can develop faster on protein rich diets and that high fat may aid tooth health yet hinder vitamin synthesis.
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C. A. Elvehjem
University of Wisconsin
Elvehjem
Nanette Barbs and Wry War Then and Now
The piece satirically surveys wartime missteps and misdeeds from Hong Kong rat bounty failures to Japanese kimono fund drives and Korean pride. It notes a Nuernberg modernization tale and the curious scene of 200 guests sharing three bathrooms during the trials.
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Hong Kong
Faver
Nuernberg
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Ford
UAW
Ford Division
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H. F. Sinclair
Indianapolis
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Secretary of the Navy
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Simpson's
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Williamsport
Lockard
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Eugene O’neil
Ima Dodo
New Jersey
Elmer Twitchell
Reform School
Washington Digest
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WLB
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Korea
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Watson Street
Houston
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